Did anyone become a monk and believe in Buddhism during the Eastern Han Dynasty?

Updated on history 2024-02-08
15 answers
  1. Anonymous users2024-02-05

    There should be, but it's not famous. Because Buddhism was brought to China from the Western Regions, the so-called "foreign monks would chant scriptures". When Buddhism first came to China, it was the foreign monks who became famous, that is, the "Hu monks" of the Western Regions.

    It was not until the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties that the local Chinese monks had completely recited the foreign scriptures of Buddhism, and then the local monks appeared. They began to create various "sects" that accelerated the sinicization of Buddhism, and it was only with the strong advocacy of the rulers that Buddhism established itself in Chinese culture.

  2. Anonymous users2024-02-04

    Of course, Buddhism was introduced to the Central Plains in the late Western Han Dynasty, and began to spread in the Eastern Han Dynasty.

  3. Anonymous users2024-02-03

    Yes, because Emperor Ming of the Eastern Han Dynasty sent an envoy to the Western Regions to seek Buddhism, invited two senior monks, used white horses to carry Buddhist scriptures, and built a White Horse Temple for them.

  4. Anonymous users2024-02-02

    Yes, but very few, it seems that there were many Buddhist believers in Xuzhou at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, so the Yellow Turban Uprising was not able to develop in Xuzhou.

  5. Anonymous users2024-02-01

    Yes During the Han Dynasty, Buddhism was introduced to China.

  6. Anonymous users2024-01-31

    Yes, Cao Cao has a cronie who is a monk of the White Horse Temple.

  7. Anonymous users2024-01-30

    Buddhism has already been introduced to China.

  8. Anonymous users2024-01-29

    1. The time when Buddhism was introduced to China should be Qin Shi Huang.

    Previously, because Qin Shi Huang banned the construction of temples after unifying the country. Buddhism flourished in the Tang Dynasty, and after the development of the Three Kingdoms, the Two Jin Dynasties, and the Northern and Southern Dynasties, Buddhists sinicized and absorbed Buddhism from India, and completed the sinicization of Buddhism.

    2. As mentioned in the title, Buddhism has been prevalent since the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, and the main reason for this is the Yellow Turban Rebellion.

    Taoist Zhang Tianshi.

    One faction set off a nationwide turmoil, so that the ruling class began to limit the development of Taoism, looking for a new sect that could counterbalance Taoism, and the relatively moderate teachings of Buddhism should have been recognized by the ruling class at the time, so it was given an opportunity to grow.

  9. Anonymous users2024-01-28

    The spread of Buddhism in China had a process of development and did not flourish in the Han Dynasty.

    Historically, Buddhism was introduced to China around the 1st century AD. After Wei, Wu, and the two Jin dynasties to the Northern and Southern Dynasties, it was a translation of Buddhist classics.

    and the research phase. By the Sui and Tang dynasties, Chinese Buddhists adopted Buddhism through India.

    The absorption and digestion of Buddhism has been completed. In particular, great achievements have been made in the organization of Buddhist teachings, and eight important sects have been formed. Scholars generally believe that Zen Buddhism, among the eight schools, pushed Buddhism to the highest stage of development.

    By the middle of the Ming Dynasty, Buddhism began to be secularized, and Buddhism developed to the people, which was the secularization stage of Buddhism.

    Generally speaking, from the perspective of popularity, the highest stage of the development of Buddhism should be the six patriarchs of Zen Buddhism.

    period, at that time the most brilliant. But when it comes to the popularity of Buddhism and the number of believers, it should be after the middle of the Ming Dynasty. As a result of the secularization of Buddhism, the number of people who believe in Buddhism has reached an unprecedented level.

    There are two relatively consistent views in academic circles on the reasons why Buddhism can spread in China:

    First, the understanding of Shinto in traditional Chinese thought determines that Chinese society does not reject any religion. Therefore, there was no obstacle to the spread of Buddhism in China.

    Traditional Chinese thought holds that the role of religion is limited to educating the people, unlike Western societies that use religion as the basis for rule. Therefore, in Chinese history, the religious company was the ruling class.

    None of this status has been reached. This is the reason why China did not have religious wars in history.

    Therefore, the relatively low status of religion in Chinese society is an important reason for the widespread spread or popularity of Buddhism.

    Second, Buddhism is an important complement to traditional Chinese thought.

    A society needs to give a complete guide to the course of a person's life. At the beginning of one's life, one should advocate serving society, and this is the so-called WTO accession. And in the later stages of life, when people face death, they should also give guidance and provide corresponding ultimate spiritual care.

    This is called birth. If a social ideology only has WTO accession and no birth, the society is unstable. If a social ideology is only born and not entered the WTO, the society is dead.

    Take Confucianism. The traditional Chinese thought represented by the Chinese has not solved the problem of birth. In other words, traditional Chinese thought does not provide a proper solution to the question of the ultimate spiritual care that people need in the matter of death.

    Therefore, the introduction of Buddhism has provided Chinese society with a relatively perfect solution to the needs of Chinese ultimate spiritual care, and has made up for the shortcomings of traditional Chinese thought in this regard. In this way, Buddhism was accepted and flourished in China. The reasons for the popularity of Buddhism in China are the above two.

  10. Anonymous users2024-01-27

    Buddhism was introduced by the Indians, not by special travel, and Buddhism emphasized obedience, so it was very popular with the rulers.

  11. Anonymous users2024-01-26

    The development of Buddhism naturally spread to China, the United States, Thailand, and other countries.

    Not someone who can absolutely control everything that happens.

    If drugs enter countries and are severely cracked down, there are still drug users.

    Buddhism talks about the true meaning of the universe, impermanence, selflessness, and nirvana.

  12. Anonymous users2024-01-25

    After believing in Buddhism, people went to chant the scriptures, and Buddhism's destiny is predetermined by heaven and is not easy to rebel.

  13. Anonymous users2024-01-24

    Ancient Indian civilization, cultural exchanges.

  14. Anonymous users2024-01-23

    This is the official statement that the official history is based on the completion of the White Horse Temple. In fact, the Buddha's preaching during his lifetime included the border areas between China and Nepal, as well as the border areas between China and India. In other words, China is also one of the origins of Buddhist culture.

  15. Anonymous users2024-01-22

    1. Buddhism was introduced to China from India in the late Western Han Dynasty and early Eastern Han Dynasty, and after a long period of spread and development, it formed Chinese Buddhism with Chinese national characteristics.

    2. Buddhism is one of the three major religions in the world, and it was founded by Siddhartha Gautama, the prince of the ancient Indian kingdom of Kapila (in present-day Nepal), in the 6th to 5th centuries BC. Buddhists later called him "Sakyamuni", which means the saint of the good mountain of the Sakyamuni tribe.

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